Plemstall Church: Difference between revisions

Names of Ministers are known back to 1291 when Robert de Thorpe was the incumbent. The CCEd Clergy of the Church of England<ref>''<small>http://theclergydatabase.org.uk/</small>''</ref> records most names from 1545 to 1833.

In the latter part of the 18th century, the Minister at Plemstall was the Rev John Baldwin. His son Thomas, who was also ordained, took part in a famous balloon flight in 1786. He took off from Chester Castle and eventually landed near Kingsley. This was no pleasure flight; it was a scientific experiment resulting in a book of over 350 pages entitle “''Airopaidia - the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion''”.<ref>''<small>https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/airopaidia-1786-the-narrative-of-a-balloon-excursion/</small>''</ref> On board were magnets and iron filings, a live pigeon, pepper, salt and ginger (to test the taste buds which had been said to be insipid on the peak of Tenerife); also, barometers and thermometers. Lessons were learnt to provide advice for future launches, the effects of reels and pulleys and for take-off and landings. A map of the journey can be matched on the ground; an attempt to circle Plemstall seems evident.